There is no such thing as perfection, there are only standards. And after you have set a standard you learn that it was not high enough. You want to surpass it. (Jascha Heifetz)

There is no such thing as perfection, there are only standards. And after you have set a standard you learn that it was not high enough. You want to surpass it.

Jascha Heifetz

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